Caramel-holder



(No Model.)

G. W. & E. E. CHASE,

GARAMEL HOLDER.

No. 401,774. Patented Apr. 23, 1889.

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mi es fivenior' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. CHASE AND ERNEST E. CHASE, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

CARAMEL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,774, dated April23, 1889. Application filed July 13, 1888. Serial No. 279,885. (Nomodel.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern.- four holders B, O, D, and E. To accomplishBe it known that we, GEORGE W. OHASE this the holders are stamped out ofthe sheet and Emma: E. OHAsE, citizens of the United so that the rows ofholders will stand in alter- States, residing at St. Joseph, in thecounty nate directions, thus permitting each caramel 5 of Buchanan andState of Missouri, have into be wedged and held by an edge of each of 35 vented certain new and useful Improvements the four holders betweenwhich it is placed. in Oaramel-ltlolders, of which the following Thesheets thus filled with caramels may be isa specification. placed inpaper or other suitable boxes for In order to provide a means forhandling, handling and shipping. K represents a cararo packing, orshipping caramels, whereby they mel in position between holders orfingers. 40 may be more easily and cheaply handled than We may underthis invention use these by methods now in use and shall at the samecaramel-holders for handling, packing, or time be separated andprevented from adhershipping any other confectionery or articles ingtogether, we have devised the caramelfor which they may be suitable.

r5 holder, of which the accompanying drawing What we claim,and desire tosecure by Let- 45 is a perspective View. ters Patent, is

The holder consists of a sheet of tin or other 1. A caramel-holderconsisting of a sheet suitable metal or material of'any convenient.having fingers B, O, D, and E stamped out size. From it at suitabledistances apart in therefrom, forming apartments for the arti- 20 rowsthe fingers or small holders are stamped, cles to be packed,substantially as described. 50 these fingers or holders being cut fromthe 2. A caramel-holder consisting of a sheet sheet on three sides, arebent up, forming an having upright fingers B, O,D, and E stamped uprightholder for the caramel. therefrom, forming apartments for the arti- Inthe drawing, A represents the aperture cles to be packed, substantiallyas described.

25 left in the sheet Where the finger or small x V 1 holder has beenstamped or cut out.

B, O, D, and E represent the fingers or hold- L ers bent up out of theaperture A. These fin- \iVitnesses: gers or holders are stamped so thatthe cara- J. G. RIDLEY,

3o mel is held in place by an edge of each of the M. S. NELSON.

